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Opposition manager Gary Rowett has suffered injury problems this week with only 10 senior players fit to train on Friday, according to reports, and Warnock admitted he could have predicted the game to be called off

“I’m very disappointed. I’m not overly surprised,” he told Sky Sports. “When I heard (Derby manager) Gary (Rowett’s) remarks earlier in the week about ‘if we can’t get over this weekend’s injury crisis with this game we should be all right after the event’.

Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock

“We came up yesterday and obviously the snow, but I think it’s a disgrace quite frankly. You look at games two weeks ago, against Fulham here, and you look on the website, all the Derby fans are saying it was 10 times worse. There were ploughs and snow ploughs.

“There’s nothing here, the car parks are clear, all the shops are open.”

Derby said the clash had been postponed due to Pride Park and its surrounding areas being unsafe for “supporters, staff and officials”.